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Dogs Quarantined Georgen's AssaOant Discharged
Overseer of Poor Williams to Resign
SOUTH SIDE MESSENGER
OFFICIAL PAPER, rREEPORT VILLAGE
Vol 4, Number 29
Ewenr Friday
FREEPORT AND BELLMORE. N. Y^ FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 9, 1912
$1.00 Yearljr, Sbglo Copy 5 Conls
Merrick
"Speed, die wben I may, I want it aaid of ma by those who know me best, tlist 1 always plucked a thistle and planted a flower wben I tboaght a flow¬ er would grow."—Lincoln.
Lent begins on Ash Wednesdsy, Feb¬ raary 21st. Easter is April 7tb.
Serviees at tbe Church of (he Re- <^eemer Sundsy, Seiagesims, st 7:80 and 11 a. m. end 7:30 p. m. Celebra¬ tion of the Holy Communion at the early service and morning prayer and aermon atthe second service. The Sondsy School meets in the Parish Bouse at 10 a. m. The Woman's Auxilsry meets weekly at 2:30 p. m. on Thursdays, the Junior Auxiliary on 8aturd^ys at 3, and the cooking ichool every Saturday from 12 to 3. A cord¬ ial invitatiun is extended to all to wor¬ ship At this cburch.
An excellent game of bssketball was played in the Fariah Houae laat Friday night before a large crowd wbm Merrick met Preeport High School. As wai^ expected since eaclf tram bad previoualy won a game, the playing aaa furioua at tinea, though at all atagea of the game tbe beat of feeling prevailed and was remarked opon sa a moat pleasing jieaturc. Tbe Merrick boya were loyally aupported by tbe enthuaiaam of the home crowd. Freeport rooters were also in good voice. District Commiasioner Mep- hsm and Prof. LeRoy Smith of Free> port were intereiated spectHtcrs of the game. Each man's play on both teams was admirable. Merrick won the hard tought game by a score of 24 19. The players with their reapective acoring and positions follows. Freeport—Rsn> dall, R. F., 4; Meaney, L. F., 18: .Roantrie, C.; Humphrey, R. G.; Krsus- wieser. L. G., 2. Merrick—J. Mul¬ cahy, R. G., 6; L. Burne, L. G.,; H. Verity, C, 61; K. Brown, R. G.; R. Rowe, L. G , 12. Let no one think that becauae a man is not*credited with scoring, be is not, therefore, a good player. He may be the best. It is the tesm work which counts. Tonight Merrick is scheduled to play Vslley Stream in the Parish Hoose at 8:30. Admission 10 cents.
Wednesday is St. Valentine's Day. This is a day commemorative of two saints out of a great number of the same name. The day was formerly obaerved in finglsnd, Scotland and parts of France by peculisr and amus¬ ing customs in relation to an allot¬ ment of young men and young women to each other. In the 15th Century this amuaing obaervance of the day was popular with the upper claaaea and in vogue in European courta. The Imaginary engdgementa made in sport on that day were aupposed to hold goac during the year and often reaulted in marriages. In later timea the observ-
Two Veteran Policemen Comrades ist Freeport
CapUin Thomas ud LievtenaBt
Par ken on Renew friendship
in Retired Life
Two men, who, as oflicers in the New York Police Department became warm frienda in their close associa¬ tions of aeveral years ago, are now reaidenta of Freeport. Tj^iey came in dependently, and each waa aurpriard to find th<t the other man was living in this South Shore village. Ihe two e.x-policemen are Captain Andrew J. Thomas, who was made a captain by Police (>ommiisiuner Theodore •Booae¬ velt, and Lieutenant Charles A. Fark- ertoh, who served in Manhattan pre¬ cincts first aa patrolman, later as ser¬ geant, and still later as captain and aergeant reapectively.
About ten yeara ago Lieutenant Parkeraon retired from the police force and with hia family moved out to Freeport. He loat aight of hia former captain, and did not ever hear of him again until one day, while walking along Main Street, tbia village, he was surprised to see his auperior of the police daya. Parkeraon, whose respect for tbe elderly captain ia very deep, reognized him at once him, he touched tbe captain on the shoulder.
"What are yoo doing here, captain?" asked Lieutenant Parkerson.
"Here te spend the rest of my days," waa the reply. "laiTTupinto tbe 70'a, my boy, and I want to get some of thi J good ozone info my lungs until it's time for me to 'shake this mortal coil.' "
The two men went to Csptain Thom¬ as' home where tbey talked over old times, recalling their aaaoeiationa in the days of "the best police bead New York haa ever bad," aa Captain Thom¬ aa calla Colonel Hooaevelt
Captain Thomaa haa made conaider¬ able money in skillful inveating, and livea in a handaome home on South Bergen Place.^ Lieutenant Parkeraon lives at 67 Pearsall Avenue. They meet daily now, in their leisure mo¬ menta in the clubrooma on Kailroad Avenue, where both men enjoy their gamea of cribbage. They are alwaya partnera and they win a majority of their gamea, too.
Captain Thomaa ia aa widely known in police circles as any man who hsb worn the braaa and blue. He joined the MetroHlitan force in the 70'a, be¬ ing assigned to tbe Twenly-ninth pre¬ cinct, which was in the old Tenderloin aection. The precinct ia now in the Ninteeiith. He was serving here aa a patrolman, when Cbarlea ,Parkeraon waa made a patrolman on February 23, 1878. The two men together ex¬ perienced aoDjo bardshipa and also some narrow eacapea from death. Captain Thomaa waa made a roundainan and after serving in thia capacity for four months waa maae a sergeant, for
BeHmore
Singie copies of the Messenger can be had at WiUiam Wolfe's drug store, Bellmore, L. I. at 6c each. tf
The Ladies'Aid Society of the M. E. Church will meet at the bome of Mrs. Ssmuel Self on St. Mark's Ave., Thursdsy, Ferusry 16, at 2:30 p.m. All members are reqKested to be pres¬ ent. Frienda are cordially invited. ;
Qestnut Crop is Grow- ing Scarce
Sight Threatens Trees b All the ^ Eastern States
Freeport
Is the chestnut of tbe future tn be canflned to the joke column snd after dinner speakerii? That is the ques¬ tion, frivolous in form but moat serious in foundation, with which the practical foresters and scientific state govern¬ ments wrestled in recent conference with the New York State Conservation Commisaion and the Agricultural De- partment. From New Jeraey, comea tbe doleful tale, that owing to the
The Rev. Julius Nelson, aged 71 years, died at bis home on Bellmore Avenue, about 3 a. m. Wednesday, after a long jltnCEs from old sge. Mr. Nel'on was a retired minister and moved here laat Spring from Elmont,
L. I., occupying the houae of Stephen I cheatnut blight, which originated Clements. T':e funeral servicea will iStsten laland and apread into surround-, be held Saturday at 11 o'clock at tho j >"K Stalee, Jersey will furnish no more M. E. C!.urch, Rev. Dr. Layton ofl^ci-1""^ory nuta for the roaater, no more ating, with interment at Elmont Ceme !ti»n1'er for telephone poiea, railroad | tery. ties and interior furniahinga, with their | i glorious golden and copper tinted pat-i
The home of Mr. and Mra. Erneat terns. Connecticut haa almost aa sad | K. Sorenson of Brooklyn waa made a atory to tell, while investigationa of j happy last week by the arrival of a [ the conaervHtion and agricultural de- j young baby girl. Mr. and Mra. Soren- panmtnts of New York State reveal i son were formerly of this village, and that the blight ia threafeninK the
The following up-to-date boaineas people of Freeport are enjoying the benefits of Reflex gas light:
H. C. Schluter
Elmer Smith • A. Levy A Son
Murray Bros.
Columbian Brass Foundry
Ed. iSeaman
R. C. Werner
F. W. Conrader
J. Williams
F. Caasassa
Max Stockman
Chaa. Schneider
F. DeMott
Geo. Florenzie
M. Brockman
L. Barker
W, Greenblatt
If we can satisfy them, why can't
we aatisfy you? Nassau & SulTolk
Lighting Co., PVeeport, Hempatend,
Rockville Centre, Mineola, Rooaevelt.
It
Wantagh
arp frequent visitors here.
John W. Seaman of Banker Plaea, who baa been ill for several 'weaka, has gone to Brooklyn f-^r treatment.
Considerable excitement bas pr»> vailed bere since last Friday when a mad dog came over tjie Hempstead Plains and attacked and bit several dogs in our village. These dogs have been shot or otherwise killed, but moat people are keeping their dogs in doora or chained.
The members of the Boys' Brigade have secured their guns and Captain J. J. Fussell is m'ich pleased with th? resp.nse to tbe little stockings sent out to sid in greeting uniforms and guns for the boys. It is expected that tbe uniforma Will come soon. Tba ijrigade met as ust:al in the Parish House Wedneaday night.
Misa Annie Kreiger, charged with having used a butcher knife on Charles chestnut grow tha of the entire Hudson Georgens, aa told in last week's Re- valley. Thia therefore is a subject of view, was discharged from custody last absorbing interest to thc Hallowe'en, Monday by Justice Norton on the . revelers who love the chestnuts pop- | ground that there was not sufficient iping on the hearth, as well aa to the evidence to show that she did not act farmer whoae cheatnut woodland lot
An entertainment will be given in the Parish Houae next Thursday night by ihe Good Cheer Circle and the Vic¬ tor Club in aid of the basketball outfit.
William Brockman, of this village, . - .-ian employee of the Brooklyn City
Approaching y^.^j^^, works.^wbile working at Bald-^ ^
win laat Saturday witb a force of men ' farmer Whoae cheatnut woodland lot j ¦" self-defenae when ahe used tbe knife driving wella, had the first finger of | under the coppice treatment yields him on the hotel keeper, his right hand mashed with an • gg ,„ach as his tilled fields, and to the ' "^be case was called at the court eighteen pound hammer, which was |j„g|j,ai, ^^^ trackman of the public , >'0om and later adjoorned to the bedside
service corporations.
The property valoe involved in com¬ batting the spread of ^be chestnut "OS ' blight may be better appreciated when ; it is known that in ^9iO-tHo value of Mr. ard Mrs. Edward S. Deubert en-! chestnut lumber cat in tbis State was joyed a two days trip to tbe city this i na^rly a balf million dollars, to say
used for driving pipes. He was taken to the home of Dr. Win. Steele, where it was found the finger waa sp badly mutilated that amputation necessary.
ef Georgens wbere his testimony was taken and that of his two witnesses.
Edwarda & Levy were attorneys for Miss Kriegler.
week, visiting the Hippodrome and nothing of tho nut crop of tho trees, other places of amusement. JThe chestnut lumber cut in New York
., . T . J, , 'in ISt*' wa* 28,333,000 feet worth $9
Our well-known real eatate dealer, ' p^r li; in 1908 29,378.000 feet worth Samuel Self, who has been confined to i ^22 per M. In 1910 it dropped to his home for the past eight months, is improving nicely and is able to be about attending to business again. Mr. Self has made several visits to the Messenger office during the past two weeks, and haa also visited several of
Wra. G. Miller has pur based a 1912 Locomobile, limousine body, and haa engaged Fr.ed Daviaon aa chauffeur.
Shirley Fulton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Fulton, who was operated upon laat week, ia improving rapidly.
Clarence E. Jones has rented tbe store for nerly occupied by Julius Sha¬ piro, and will move there from bis present location at Ihe corner of Main St. and Merrick Road. March 1.
The L. C. Club entertained tbeir huabanda and gentlemen frienda at the home of Mrs. E. S. Randal, on Tues-
$13,716,000 feel, worth $19 per M. In 1909 there were recorded 672 miles that were cutting chestnut. The States of New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, rec- , ognizing the fact that this is a tree his old acquaintances in Freeport and | ^^^^y ^^icb muat be fought unitedly, aurrounding villagea. J met throogh their official representa-
(Sooth Side Mesaenger) | jj^^^ ;„ conference in Albany. "Can a Christian Be Ambitious" | The cheatnut blight announces its j day evening. Dominoes, other games will be the aubject of the evening aer- j presence firat at a distance by leaves jand refresbmenta were enjoyed.
mon by the paator of tho Preabyterian \ in the top or on a lower limb wilting] _ -5—_
Charch. Service begina at 7:30 p. ni.
The children of the Preabyterian Sunday Schoel are doing excellent work wilh the International Graded Leason Syatem. Every teacher haa taken up the new leaaona loyally and earnestly a' d are aecuring good re¬ sults. Any child not enrolled in aome Sunday Schncl will find a hearty wel¬ come in this achool.
ance degenerated to the aending of j gflRcje^t police work. In the meantime
tender or ridiculoua love letters, and was long in usage in the U. S. In recent years it baa been discarded by tbe majority of people aa an abaurdity and a nuiaance. How the peculiHr ob- asrvancea came to be aaaociated witb tbe day of tbe Sainta Valentioe Is not knbwn. it
Tbe monthly meeting of tbe Men's Club will ba held in tbe Parisb House 00 Tuesday evening at 8:30.
A report from the treasarer of the Archdeaconry of Qaeens and Nassaa, Mr. P. K. Jennings, at hand, showa that daring the year 19101911 there wara only eight parishes exceeding the (ift of the local parish to the work of Misaiona in this district, $130 96, and m7. "Ro^seveTt^'TTe'wM' FaTer TrlnV
he separated from Parkerson.
As a sergeant, however, he waa aent to the Weat Twentieth Street atation, where he met Parkeraon, who had alno been prsmotof^o tho aame rank. The men served side by side together once more uniil Tbomas wa« transferred to the Eisex market court by Superin- te ident ThoAnas Brynes. Chairman Roosevelt of the Police Board, who knew' the sergeant well, sent fnr biro and told him he intended to make him eaptsin.
"I want you to go down to the West Twentieth Street station and enforce the exciae law tbere rigidly," aald Mr. I^ooaevelt.
Tbe eaptsin had manv friends there, but he went down and hia work pleased
only ten Sunday Schools exceeding the loeal school's 1910 Advent oflTering of 126.60. A new teacher is welcomed tn tbe Sonday School. Mr. Schemer-- botn. Hiss Lina Miller is welcomed back at work in the school after a BDonth's absence from sickness. Tbe four higher classes of the achool are entrring upon a new courae cf atudy
ferred ts the West Sixty-eighth Street station, where he was superior in com¬ mand over his quondam side-partner, Parkerson.
Lieutenant Parkerson was retired in 19u2, and Captain Tbomas left the foroe about a year later. Botb men served about twenty-five years in tbe unform of ths New York Police De-
Salaries Increase Must Begin Feb. 1
Pay day waa welcomed by the coun- j ty officials of Naaaau County and their! clerka thia morning, the latter espe- j eially looking forward to tbe first ev-1 ent of the new year with, what they { had expected, an increase in the | monthly check because of the action of
landdying, just as if it had been broken ,Freeport Lodge of Elks initiated !or girdled. On closer examination ! twelve candidates at-their meeting last ' there will be diacovered sunken patch- j Thursday night, making its present '¦et, and cankers or dead bark will be j membership 215. Those who "rode the 'seen. These are brown in color and ' goat" were: Hyman Schloaa, Edward i covered wilh pimplea, red or orange in | S. T bbutt, of Freeport; Antonio Pal- ; color. At certain times of the summer iermo, of Bellmore; Sheriff Charles T. ' gelatinbus maasea are found oozing out | DeMott, of Hempatead; Commissioner i of these purple like bodies on the canx- ] of Jurcrs James P. Brewn, of Valley I ers. The disease is spread by pollen-1 Stream ; Arthur H. Aifdrews, of Mine- I like powder emitted by the canker pirn-i ola; Herry Seaman, Wiliiam H. Snow, iplea. The powdery aubstanee is blown j Charlea T. Dodge, of Port Washing- to r.earby trees or carried a greater ton; Joseph Hocker, of Islip'; August
Hocker, of East Islip.
The treasurer reported all bills paid, $3,000 pt-id on account of purchaae of real eatate, and a balance in the treaa¬ ury .of $2437.66. Having been eatab¬ liahed but five months the growth of this lodge is amnat phenomenal.
Last Thursday evening tbe Nassaa
distance by bitds on their feet and feathers. — Newburgh Union.
Smithville South
Mr. and Mrs. Tbos. J. Valely were in town tbis week.
Smithville Soutb School Items
^ ^ The following popils deserve credit | A Suffolk Lighting Company Employ-
the Board of Supervisors otTThursday for being perfect in attendance during i ees Assi ciation held a meeting in the last in increasing the pay qf a number the cold montb of January: Margaret i local office of the Company and had for of the clerks. But the warrants sent, Hutton, Vera Thamm, Marie Roth, their guest of the evening. George
Geo. S'ema, jr., has had an attack of bronchial pneumonia but is now im¬ proved.
In the Memorial Church Sanday tbe pastor will preach in the morning on "The BOy In the Temple." Evening subject, "Tbe Life of Lincoln." In the Sunday School a Lincoln Memorial offering will be taken for religious and industrial work in the South land. Tbe regular meeting of tbe Auxiliary League will be held in the Pariah House next Tuesday nigbt.
Mrs. Birdsall Jackson entertained tbe members of the Ladies' Aid So¬ ciety on Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Artbar D. Southard who haa been in Seney Hospital, Brooklya, for aboat ten days, underwent an operat¬ ion on Tuesday.
Town Board
dowR to the Coanty Treasurer showed I Dennis Regan, Theodore Jobnson, tbat the pay roll had been "Lyonized," j George Mueller, Arthar Kiefer, Her- and the same monthly stipend was giv-; man Schoen and Wm. J. Smith, tsn oat, because tne County Treasarer I Athletic News,
can only draw salary checks to corres- j Basketball game at Clab House last pond with the amounts of the warrants ! Tuesday night. It was a doublaheader forwarded to bis office by Controller i g^j was witnessed by a large crowd. Lyon. The clerks who had been fav- :j]<|,e players were'- ored witb an increase in salary by tbe j j,^ oame (60) resolutions adopted by tbe Supervisors | q Dt>ikson
"The History of Israel," using a little partment. Pate haa brooght them to
pamphlet edited by tbe Waller, of Flushing.
Rev. H. D.
gether agsin, and front preaent indica¬ tiona they will remain here until they are called to meet in another world.
—Eagle.
L. F.
R. F.
Centre
L. G.
R. G.
I Points made, Dickson 6, Mueller 12,
{Doty 14, Pettit 2, Frisch 16, Busch
110. Ascoli 0, Hilton 26, Higgins 0,
j Wassang 4.
I W. Maeller iJ. Doty 1 F. Pettit ; W. Frisch
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J. Bascb
Ed. Ascoli
R. Hilton
J. Higgins
Wassung
Hempstead
Son Born te Mra. H. S. Cammann.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Schuyler Cammann nay be congratuluted upon the birth of a son on-Frida> evening at the resi- den.e of Mrs. Cammann'a parents., Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton R. Fairfax.4 ^ourt Pride of Garden Citv, For- Thls is the first grantjchild in Ihe fami-1 eaters of America, will hold the four- ly of the Hamilton ll. Fairfaxes nndofj teenth annual dance at tbeir hall. 10 Mr. and Mra. Herman H. Cammann. Main Street, Monday evenrng. Febru-
The weHditur of Miss Katharine Van ' ary 19**> a Rentisalear Fairfax and Mr. Cammann' took plaee on April IS. 1911, in Grace
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it in th* M
WfOP'
Mrs. Charlea Addiaon sailed last^ week on Ihe Cedric to' apenil partiof j the seaaon on ths l-land of Cypress,' returning to E!gypt>to witness polo conteata.
on Thursday last thougb there mast be
som<% mistake, but the matter was
quickly explained, altboagh not entire¬ ly to their satisfaction.^ It seems tbat tha resolution adopted
by the Supervisors providing for an in¬ crease in the salaries of a number of
the clerks msde the increase effective
from the first of January, so that the ; 2nd game (23)
clerks would benefit from the first of | ^ y^^g^y^g
the year. Controller Lyon had other ij'jjj^_jng
ideas, and holding that the Supervisora | ^ Frisch j could nni legally make a resolution of; q ' oickaon
that kind retroactive refused to issue ; p' Mjeiier
warrants for salarlea excepting on the j "p^ini. ^ade, Waa.ffng 0, Higgina 2,
old schedole. The Controller claims pgj,ph 4. Dickson 11, Mueller 6, Bush
that a resolution increaMng "'sries of: jJT Hughes 4, Kraft 8, Hilton 4, Doty
county employees ahould be acted upon ; |2.
before the beginning of the montb | —:
when Ihe increase is to take effect,
and in thst opinion be is upheld- by jieveral lawyers wbo are familiar wltb
the municipal law.
—Timea. Feb. 1.
Carpenter, an expert in making the Refiex lights for tbe Welsbach Com¬ pany.
Diiring the evening Mr. Carpenter demonstrated how the lamps and man¬ tles were made and his remarks were very beneficial to tbose present.
Ihe objects of the association are for ti<e purpose of learning more about
At the regular weekly meeting of the Town Board Monday, all memtiers were present.
Justice Norton reported tbat he had interviewed Commissioner of Jyrors Brown and that official had informed him that Deputy Clerk Gilbert will is* paid for his services in copying the names from the assessment books for bis (the Commissioner's) office.
A communication was received from Attorney Alfred T. Davison informing the Board that Mosea Cornwall had signed the contract for the erection of tbe Town Almshouse.
Justice Neu reported that tbere was nothing new on the matter of applica¬ tion of the Tally-Ho Fire Company.
The report of Overseer uf the Poor Williams waa then tmten up. Mr. Williama atated that he was witling to resign hia position an soon aa the Boara found aome one to replace him. He waa immediately informed that he waa at liberty to reaign at any time and tbat the Board would take op tbe mat¬ ter of finding another peraon for the place as aoon aa tbore waa a vacancy created. They told him however, tbat tbey wished bim to file proper reports of his work before so doing. f: He stated tbat an expert was to go over his books within a few days and bis reports were handed to him to file witb the findings of the expert.
Clerk Gilbert was instrocted to eom- mnnicate with Attoraey Fred Gilbert of Cedarborst and ask for a report aa to wby the trolley eompany operating through Inwood, had not lived ap to its franchise. This matter waa re¬ ferred to Mr. Giltiert some time aso.
At the Board of Health meeting Health Physician Rhame reported tbat
L. G. R. G.
Centre L. F. R. P.
(30)
J. Busch
Hughea
W. Kraft
R. Hilton
J. Uoty
At the Fire Hall, on Saturday even¬ ing of next week, the Firemen will hold one of their famous dances. You should be present.
The bi^n dance given by the Jotly
Single copies of the""Meseenger can i S'*'*'* Saturday night was wellat- be secured at Greenblatt's news eUmi t""'^«J ""f* •" "eemed to bave bad an on Railroad Avenue or Kiefer'a, Main 1 enjoyable time. Phillip Wassang was Street, Preeport, L. I. tf the winner of tbe i^ig. (Little Patty)
tba various gas appliances and tbe
manner in whicb to properly install I he bad badjeveralcomplaintV from the them, and in fact anything tbat makes vicinity of Merrick and Wantagb, of the members more efficient in their rabid dogs. He suggested that im- wotk. .mediate action be taken to properly
While the officers of the Company ggfegaard the public. The Clerk waa are allowed to take membership in tbe instructed to cummunicate wttb tbe
organization, tbey cannot fill any office of it. /
The next meeting of the association will be beld in the local office on the evening of Febi;uary 16, wben Ibe pub¬ lic is invited. One of tbe illuminating engineers will be present tj demon- ffrate and explain kow tn properly light up a store, home or church. Tbe meeting will commence at 8 o'clock.
The Febraary meeting of tbe Arts Club was held with Mrs. Wm. Fore¬ man, South Ocean Ave., on Monday afternoon. The topic was Philanthro¬ py, and Miss Irene L. Vsn Riper was chairman of tla day. Tbe program was as followa:
"Welcome Pretty Primrose." Pbilo-
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If you want ta raaoh tli* |»**pl* rt 1.1 tha "M*«»*a||*r."
ItHt
Stat* Board of Health and ask for a dog quarantine in tbe Town of Hemp¬ stead.
New York City bas 440,000 tela- phones. In New York City in 1900, tbere were 56.000 telephones. Oo January 1st. 1912, there were 440,000 —an increase of 700 per cent in twelva year*. During the year 1911 tbera were added to the telephone system io New York City.89,noo telephones and 166,741 miles of wire. The 440,009 telephones now in New York City arsi served through 64 eentrnl offices and are connected by 1,19H,8^1 miles of wire, over which 1,900,000 messages are sent daily. Each of these tele¬ phones is the centre of a system whicb reactaeaover 6.000,000 other telepbooea in the United States and Canada.
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Dogs Quarantined Georgen's AssaOant Discharged
Overseer of Poor Williams to Resign
SOUTH SIDE MESSENGER
OFFICIAL PAPER, rREEPORT VILLAGE
Vol 4, Number 29
Ewenr Friday
FREEPORT AND BELLMORE. N. Y^ FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 9, 1912
$1.00 Yearljr, Sbglo Copy 5 Conls
Merrick
"Speed, die wben I may, I want it aaid of ma by those who know me best, tlist 1 always plucked a thistle and planted a flower wben I tboaght a flow¬ er would grow."—Lincoln.
Lent begins on Ash Wednesdsy, Feb¬ raary 21st. Easter is April 7tb.
Serviees at tbe Church of (he Re- port were intereiated spectHtcrs of the game. Each man's play on both teams was admirable. Merrick won the hard tought game by a score of 24 19. The players with their reapective acoring and positions follows. Freeport—Rsn> dall, R. F., 4; Meaney, L. F., 18: .Roantrie, C.; Humphrey, R. G.; Krsus- wieser. L. G., 2. Merrick—J. Mul¬ cahy, R. G., 6; L. Burne, L. G.,; H. Verity, C, 61; K. Brown, R. G.; R. Rowe, L. G , 12. Let no one think that becauae a man is not*credited with scoring, be is not, therefore, a good player. He may be the best. It is the tesm work which counts. Tonight Merrick is scheduled to play Vslley Stream in the Parish Hoose at 8:30. Admission 10 cents.
Wednesday is St. Valentine's Day. This is a day commemorative of two saints out of a great number of the same name. The day was formerly obaerved in finglsnd, Scotland and parts of France by peculisr and amus¬ ing customs in relation to an allot¬ ment of young men and young women to each other. In the 15th Century this amuaing obaervance of the day was popular with the upper claaaea and in vogue in European courta. The Imaginary engdgementa made in sport on that day were aupposed to hold goac during the year and often reaulted in marriages. In later timea the observ-
Two Veteran Policemen Comrades ist Freeport
CapUin Thomas ud LievtenaBt
Par ken on Renew friendship
in Retired Life
Two men, who, as oflicers in the New York Police Department became warm frienda in their close associa¬ tions of aeveral years ago, are now reaidenta of Freeport. Tj^iey came in dependently, and each waa aurpriard to find thommiisiuner Theodore •Booae¬ velt, and Lieutenant Charles A. Fark- ertoh, who served in Manhattan pre¬ cincts first aa patrolman, later as ser¬ geant, and still later as captain and aergeant reapectively.
About ten yeara ago Lieutenant Parkeraon retired from the police force and with hia family moved out to Freeport. He loat aight of hia former captain, and did not ever hear of him again until one day, while walking along Main Street, tbia village, he was surprised to see his auperior of the police daya. Parkeraon, whose respect for tbe elderly captain ia very deep, reognized him at once him, he touched tbe captain on the shoulder.
"What are yoo doing here, captain?" asked Lieutenant Parkerson.
"Here te spend the rest of my days," waa the reply. "laiTTupinto tbe 70'a, my boy, and I want to get some of thi J good ozone info my lungs until it's time for me to 'shake this mortal coil.' "
The two men went to Csptain Thom¬ as' home where tbey talked over old times, recalling their aaaoeiationa in the days of "the best police bead New York haa ever bad," aa Captain Thom¬ aa calla Colonel Hooaevelt
Captain Thomaa haa made conaider¬ able money in skillful inveating, and livea in a handaome home on South Bergen Place.^ Lieutenant Parkeraon lives at 67 Pearsall Avenue. They meet daily now, in their leisure mo¬ menta in the clubrooma on Kailroad Avenue, where both men enjoy their gamea of cribbage. They are alwaya partnera and they win a majority of their gamea, too.
Captain Thomaa ia aa widely known in police circles as any man who hsb worn the braaa and blue. He joined the MetroHlitan force in the 70'a, be¬ ing assigned to tbe Twenly-ninth pre¬ cinct, which was in the old Tenderloin aection. The precinct ia now in the Ninteeiith. He was serving here aa a patrolman, when Cbarlea ,Parkeraon waa made a patrolman on February 23, 1878. The two men together ex¬ perienced aoDjo bardshipa and also some narrow eacapea from death. Captain Thomaa waa made a roundainan and after serving in thia capacity for four months waa maae a sergeant, for
BeHmore
Singie copies of the Messenger can be had at WiUiam Wolfe's drug store, Bellmore, L. I. at 6c each. tf
The Ladies'Aid Society of the M. E. Church will meet at the bome of Mrs. Ssmuel Self on St. Mark's Ave., Thursdsy, Ferusry 16, at 2:30 p.m. All members are reqKested to be pres¬ ent. Frienda are cordially invited. ;
Qestnut Crop is Grow- ing Scarce
Sight Threatens Trees b All the ^ Eastern States
Freeport
Is the chestnut of tbe future tn be canflned to the joke column snd after dinner speakerii? That is the ques¬ tion, frivolous in form but moat serious in foundation, with which the practical foresters and scientific state govern¬ ments wrestled in recent conference with the New York State Conservation Commisaion and the Agricultural De- partment. From New Jeraey, comea tbe doleful tale, that owing to the
The Rev. Julius Nelson, aged 71 years, died at bis home on Bellmore Avenue, about 3 a. m. Wednesday, after a long jltnCEs from old sge. Mr. Nel'on was a retired minister and moved here laat Spring from Elmont,
L. I., occupying the houae of Stephen I cheatnut blight, which originated Clements. T':e funeral servicea will iStsten laland and apread into surround-, be held Saturday at 11 o'clock at tho j >"K Stalee, Jersey will furnish no more M. E. C!.urch, Rev. Dr. Layton ofl^ci-1""^ory nuta for the roaater, no more ating, with interment at Elmont Ceme !ti»n1'er for telephone poiea, railroad | tery. ties and interior furniahinga, with their | i glorious golden and copper tinted pat-i
The home of Mr. and Mra. Erneat terns. Connecticut haa almost aa sad | K. Sorenson of Brooklyn waa made a atory to tell, while investigationa of j happy last week by the arrival of a [ the conaervHtion and agricultural de- j young baby girl. Mr. and Mra. Soren- panmtnts of New York State reveal i son were formerly of this village, and that the blight ia threafeninK the
The following up-to-date boaineas people of Freeport are enjoying the benefits of Reflex gas light:
H. C. Schluter
Elmer Smith • A. Levy A Son
Murray Bros.
Columbian Brass Foundry
Ed. iSeaman
R. C. Werner
F. W. Conrader
J. Williams
F. Caasassa
Max Stockman
Chaa. Schneider
F. DeMott
Geo. Florenzie
M. Brockman
L. Barker
W, Greenblatt
If we can satisfy them, why can't
we aatisfy you? Nassau & SulTolk
Lighting Co., PVeeport, Hempatend,
Rockville Centre, Mineola, Rooaevelt.
It
Wantagh
arp frequent visitors here.
John W. Seaman of Banker Plaea, who baa been ill for several 'weaka, has gone to Brooklyn f-^r treatment.
Considerable excitement bas pr»> vailed bere since last Friday when a mad dog came over tjie Hempstead Plains and attacked and bit several dogs in our village. These dogs have been shot or otherwise killed, but moat people are keeping their dogs in doora or chained.
The members of the Boys' Brigade have secured their guns and Captain J. J. Fussell is m'ich pleased with th? resp.nse to tbe little stockings sent out to sid in greeting uniforms and guns for the boys. It is expected that tbe uniforma Will come soon. Tba ijrigade met as ust:al in the Parish House Wedneaday night.
Misa Annie Kreiger, charged with having used a butcher knife on Charles chestnut grow tha of the entire Hudson Georgens, aa told in last week's Re- valley. Thia therefore is a subject of view, was discharged from custody last absorbing interest to thc Hallowe'en, Monday by Justice Norton on the . revelers who love the chestnuts pop- | ground that there was not sufficient iping on the hearth, as well aa to the evidence to show that she did not act farmer whoae cheatnut woodland lot
An entertainment will be given in the Parish Houae next Thursday night by ihe Good Cheer Circle and the Vic¬ tor Club in aid of the basketball outfit.
William Brockman, of this village, . - .-ian employee of the Brooklyn City
Approaching y^.^j^^, works.^wbile working at Bald-^ ^
win laat Saturday witb a force of men ' farmer Whoae cheatnut woodland lot j ¦" self-defenae when ahe used tbe knife driving wella, had the first finger of | under the coppice treatment yields him on the hotel keeper, his right hand mashed with an • gg ,„ach as his tilled fields, and to the ' "^be case was called at the court eighteen pound hammer, which was |j„g|j,ai, ^^^ trackman of the public , >'0om and later adjoorned to the bedside
service corporations.
The property valoe involved in com¬ batting the spread of ^be chestnut "OS ' blight may be better appreciated when ; it is known that in ^9iO-tHo value of Mr. ard Mrs. Edward S. Deubert en-! chestnut lumber cat in tbis State was joyed a two days trip to tbe city this i na^rly a balf million dollars, to say
used for driving pipes. He was taken to the home of Dr. Win. Steele, where it was found the finger waa sp badly mutilated that amputation necessary.
ef Georgens wbere his testimony was taken and that of his two witnesses.
Edwarda & Levy were attorneys for Miss Kriegler.
week, visiting the Hippodrome and nothing of tho nut crop of tho trees, other places of amusement. JThe chestnut lumber cut in New York
., . T . J, , 'in ISt*' wa* 28,333,000 feet worth $9
Our well-known real eatate dealer, ' p^r li; in 1908 29,378.000 feet worth Samuel Self, who has been confined to i ^22 per M. In 1910 it dropped to his home for the past eight months, is improving nicely and is able to be about attending to business again. Mr. Self has made several visits to the Messenger office during the past two weeks, and haa also visited several of
Wra. G. Miller has pur based a 1912 Locomobile, limousine body, and haa engaged Fr.ed Daviaon aa chauffeur.
Shirley Fulton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Fulton, who was operated upon laat week, ia improving rapidly.
Clarence E. Jones has rented tbe store for nerly occupied by Julius Sha¬ piro, and will move there from bis present location at Ihe corner of Main St. and Merrick Road. March 1.
The L. C. Club entertained tbeir huabanda and gentlemen frienda at the home of Mrs. E. S. Randal, on Tues-
$13,716,000 feel, worth $19 per M. In 1909 there were recorded 672 miles that were cutting chestnut. The States of New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, rec- , ognizing the fact that this is a tree his old acquaintances in Freeport and | ^^^^y ^^icb muat be fought unitedly, aurrounding villagea. J met throogh their official representa-
(Sooth Side Mesaenger) | jj^^^ ;„ conference in Albany. "Can a Christian Be Ambitious" | The cheatnut blight announces its j day evening. Dominoes, other games will be the aubject of the evening aer- j presence firat at a distance by leaves jand refresbmenta were enjoyed.
mon by the paator of tho Preabyterian \ in the top or on a lower limb wilting] _ -5—_
Charch. Service begina at 7:30 p. ni.
The children of the Preabyterian Sunday Schoel are doing excellent work wilh the International Graded Leason Syatem. Every teacher haa taken up the new leaaona loyally and earnestly a' d are aecuring good re¬ sults. Any child not enrolled in aome Sunday Schncl will find a hearty wel¬ come in this achool.
ance degenerated to the aending of j gflRcje^t police work. In the meantime
tender or ridiculoua love letters, and was long in usage in the U. S. In recent years it baa been discarded by tbe majority of people aa an abaurdity and a nuiaance. How the peculiHr ob- asrvancea came to be aaaociated witb tbe day of tbe Sainta Valentioe Is not knbwn. it
Tbe monthly meeting of tbe Men's Club will ba held in tbe Parisb House 00 Tuesday evening at 8:30.
A report from the treasarer of the Archdeaconry of Qaeens and Nassaa, Mr. P. K. Jennings, at hand, showa that daring the year 19101911 there wara only eight parishes exceeding the (ift of the local parish to the work of Misaiona in this district, $130 96, and m7. "Ro^seveTt^'TTe'wM' FaTer TrlnV
he separated from Parkerson.
As a sergeant, however, he waa aent to the Weat Twentieth Street atation, where he met Parkeraon, who had alno been prsmotof^o tho aame rank. The men served side by side together once more uniil Tbomas wa« transferred to the Eisex market court by Superin- te ident ThoAnas Brynes. Chairman Roosevelt of the Police Board, who knew' the sergeant well, sent fnr biro and told him he intended to make him eaptsin.
"I want you to go down to the West Twentieth Street station and enforce the exciae law tbere rigidly," aald Mr. I^ooaevelt.
Tbe eaptsin had manv friends there, but he went down and hia work pleased
only ten Sunday Schools exceeding the loeal school's 1910 Advent oflTering of 126.60. A new teacher is welcomed tn tbe Sonday School. Mr. Schemer-- botn. Hiss Lina Miller is welcomed back at work in the school after a BDonth's absence from sickness. Tbe four higher classes of the achool are entrring upon a new courae cf atudy
ferred ts the West Sixty-eighth Street station, where he was superior in com¬ mand over his quondam side-partner, Parkerson.
Lieutenant Parkerson was retired in 19u2, and Captain Tbomas left the foroe about a year later. Botb men served about twenty-five years in tbe unform of ths New York Police De-
Salaries Increase Must Begin Feb. 1
Pay day waa welcomed by the coun- j ty officials of Naaaau County and their! clerka thia morning, the latter espe- j eially looking forward to tbe first ev-1 ent of the new year with, what they { had expected, an increase in the | monthly check because of the action of
landdying, just as if it had been broken ,Freeport Lodge of Elks initiated !or girdled. On closer examination ! twelve candidates at-their meeting last ' there will be diacovered sunken patch- j Thursday night, making its present '¦et, and cankers or dead bark will be j membership 215. Those who "rode the 'seen. These are brown in color and ' goat" were: Hyman Schloaa, Edward i covered wilh pimplea, red or orange in | S. T bbutt, of Freeport; Antonio Pal- ; color. At certain times of the summer iermo, of Bellmore; Sheriff Charles T. ' gelatinbus maasea are found oozing out | DeMott, of Hempatead; Commissioner i of these purple like bodies on the canx- ] of Jurcrs James P. Brewn, of Valley I ers. The disease is spread by pollen-1 Stream ; Arthur H. Aifdrews, of Mine- I like powder emitted by the canker pirn-i ola; Herry Seaman, Wiliiam H. Snow, iplea. The powdery aubstanee is blown j Charlea T. Dodge, of Port Washing- to r.earby trees or carried a greater ton; Joseph Hocker, of Islip'; August
Hocker, of East Islip.
The treasurer reported all bills paid, $3,000 pt-id on account of purchaae of real eatate, and a balance in the treaa¬ ury .of $2437.66. Having been eatab¬ liahed but five months the growth of this lodge is amnat phenomenal.
Last Thursday evening tbe Nassaa
distance by bitds on their feet and feathers. — Newburgh Union.
Smithville South
Mr. and Mrs. Tbos. J. Valely were in town tbis week.
Smithville Soutb School Items
^ ^ The following popils deserve credit | A Suffolk Lighting Company Employ-
the Board of Supervisors otTThursday for being perfect in attendance during i ees Assi ciation held a meeting in the last in increasing the pay qf a number the cold montb of January: Margaret i local office of the Company and had for of the clerks. But the warrants sent, Hutton, Vera Thamm, Marie Roth, their guest of the evening. George
Geo. S'ema, jr., has had an attack of bronchial pneumonia but is now im¬ proved.
In the Memorial Church Sanday tbe pastor will preach in the morning on "The BOy In the Temple." Evening subject, "Tbe Life of Lincoln." In the Sunday School a Lincoln Memorial offering will be taken for religious and industrial work in the South land. Tbe regular meeting of tbe Auxiliary League will be held in the Pariah House next Tuesday nigbt.
Mrs. Birdsall Jackson entertained tbe members of the Ladies' Aid So¬ ciety on Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Artbar D. Southard who haa been in Seney Hospital, Brooklya, for aboat ten days, underwent an operat¬ ion on Tuesday.
Town Board
dowR to the Coanty Treasurer showed I Dennis Regan, Theodore Jobnson, tbat the pay roll had been "Lyonized," j George Mueller, Arthar Kiefer, Her- and the same monthly stipend was giv-; man Schoen and Wm. J. Smith, tsn oat, because tne County Treasarer I Athletic News,
can only draw salary checks to corres- j Basketball game at Clab House last pond with the amounts of the warrants ! Tuesday night. It was a doublaheader forwarded to bis office by Controller i g^j was witnessed by a large crowd. Lyon. The clerks who had been fav- :j]ikson
"The History of Israel," using a little partment. Pate haa brooght them to
pamphlet edited by tbe Waller, of Flushing.
Rev. H. D.
gether agsin, and front preaent indica¬ tiona they will remain here until they are called to meet in another world.
—Eagle.
L. F.
R. F.
Centre
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R. G.
I Points made, Dickson 6, Mueller 12,
{Doty 14, Pettit 2, Frisch 16, Busch
110. Ascoli 0, Hilton 26, Higgins 0,
j Wassang 4.
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Ed. Ascoli
R. Hilton
J. Higgins
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Hempstead
Son Born te Mra. H. S. Cammann.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Schuyler Cammann nay be congratuluted upon the birth of a son on-Frida> evening at the resi- den.e of Mrs. Cammann'a parents., Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton R. Fairfax.4 ^ourt Pride of Garden Citv, For- Thls is the first grantjchild in Ihe fami-1 eaters of America, will hold the four- ly of the Hamilton ll. Fairfaxes nndofj teenth annual dance at tbeir hall. 10 Mr. and Mra. Herman H. Cammann. Main Street, Monday evenrng. Febru-
The weHditur of Miss Katharine Van ' ary 19**> a Rentisalear Fairfax and Mr. Cammann' took plaee on April IS. 1911, in Grace
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Mrs. Charlea Addiaon sailed last^ week on Ihe Cedric to' apenil partiof j the seaaon on ths l-land of Cypress,' returning to E!gypt>to witness polo conteata.
on Thursday last thougb there mast be
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